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Better, together.

CaringCrowd knows that progress takes generosity, collaboration, and commitment. That's why Johnson & Johnson is matching donations - up to $250 per person, per project, up to the funding goal and until we reach the $725,000 cap! All active projects are eligible for matched donations, so the benefits can be widespread.

Health facilities in Burundi lack essential medical equipment

Despite their incredible devotion to their patients, health workers in LN partner health facilities in Burundi lack the proper equipment to provide patients with high-quality care. Children are receiving the wrong dose of medication because facilities don't own scales to weigh them, women are giving birth without delivery beds or clamps for the umbilical cord, and babies are dying without ambu bags to resuscitate them.

Known interventions could prevent 80% of newborn deaths and 74% of maternal deaths. However, it’s impossible for health workers at our partner health facilities to practice many of these interventions without the proper medical equipment.

A baby is weighed, which is critical for calculating correct medication doses.

For the past six years, LN has operated in Burundi, equipping health workers with the knowledge they need to provide high-quality care. We want to increase our impact by providing these facilities with access to the equipment they need to save patients’ lives. LN is hoping to send medical equipment, including delivery beds, newborn resuscitation beds, and delivery kits - items that are crucial for providing high-quality care - to the thousands of patients these health facilities serve.

A patient receives treatment in one of our partner health facilities in Burundi.

Your Impact

Every $1,500 donated allows us to supply a partner facility with vital medical equipment

We are delivering medical equipment to partner health facilities in Burundi that provide care for a high-volume of underserved and vulnerable patients. In 2017 alone, 4,856 babies were delivered and 285,237 patient visits were provided with care in those facilities. By procuring medical equipment for these partner facilities, we are ensuring that they can provide high-quality, life-saving care to all of their patients.

Pledge spending

9% -

Equips Rutare Health Clinic

9% -

Equips Ruhora Health Clinic

9% -

Equips Notre Dame d'Afrique

9% -

Equips Maria Mwiza

9% -

Equips Kayogoro Health Clinic

9% -

Equips Bwasare Health Clinic

9% -

Equips Adventiste Nyanza Iac

9% -

Equips Muyebe Health Clinic

9% -

Equips Gishiha Health Clinic

9% -

Equips Kagari Health Clinic

10% -

Equips Burenza Health Clinic

Even smaller items, like a blood pressure monitor, are essential for providing high-quality care.

THE LATEST

A lot can happen in just a few days. Stay up-to-date with our project and progress here.

Completed

Created our project

May 11

Collected our first 3 pledges

May 15

Two facilities funded in four days

May 16

Wow! Four days in and we've already raised enough money to bring medical equipment to two facilities, that's incredible! Thank you to everyone who has supported us, we are so appreciative. We will only receive the donation from CaringCrowd if we hit our goal of $16,500, so please spread the word about this campaign.

Nicole Giusti

Project owner

25% of the way there!

May 17

We're 25% of the way to our goal...in just five days. That shows just how incredible our LN supporters are. Your generosity thus far will enable LN to bring a newborn resuscitation bed to Adventiste Nyanza-Iac Health Facility, a blood pressure monitor to Burenza, and a weighing scale to Bwasare.

Let's keep this momentum going to ensure that all eleven of our partner facilities receive the life-saving equipment they need!

Nicole Giusti

Project owner

Funded 25% of goal

May 18

Funded 50% of goal

Jul 3

Funded 75% of goal

Jul 11

Funded 100% of goal

Jul 13

Funded 100%+ of goal

Jul 13

Thank You!

From the beginning, we knew that this was an ambitious fundraising goal, but we also understood the importance of delivering life-saving medical supplies to our partner health facilities in Burundi. Your support not only allowed us to meet our goal of $16,500, but to surpass it in just 60 days. That’s incredible!

Your generosity has enabled us to bring resuscitation equipment, delivery beds, and other essential medical supplies to eleven partner health facilities in Burundi.

From the bottom of our hearts, and on behalf of all of our partner health facilities and health workers, thank you for your support.

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